Fascinating, no doubt, but what does this have to do with my tire issue? On my W111 280SE 3.5, factory specs are V rated 185/70/14, but the tire shop talked me into 195s.
On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 1:24 AM, Tom Hargrave <tharg...@hiwaay.net> wrote: > Yep, the valve cover gaskets on my 1976 R75/6 are universal. > > Thanks, > Tom Hargrave > www.kegkits.com > 256-656-1924 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] > On Behalf Of Loren Faeth > Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 11:24 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] 205 vs 195 size tires for 1983 W123 300TD wagon? > > I agree. Buy a pair of new ones, put them on the front. Put a pair > of the others on the rear, put the third in the back as a spare. GO > with the OE tire size. Oversize tires on an MB don't work > well. (except for replacing 13" wheels with 14" wheels on 110/111 > cars.) You want the new tires on the front, because if the rear > breaks loose, you can steer. If the front breaks loose, you have no > control. > > Interesting thing I have observed. the rolling circumference of the > 7.00-13 on the 110, the 185/70-14 of a 123 and the 205/65-15 of a > 126 all have nearly the same rolling circumference. Damn > krauts. Always practical! Like the valve cover gaskets on BMW > motorcycles from the 1950 (and maybe before) until they dropped the > airhead for the oilheads are all the same. Just too practical! I LOVE IT! > > In the meantime, you should be ok. If there is much difference in > the rolling circumference of the two tires in the rear, it will cause > the diff to work more. Prolonged use will cause premature > failure. If you are just tooling around town, to work and so forth, > you should be ok for a while. If I were going to be on > the interstate for 1000 miles or more, I'd put the matching tires on the > rear. > > At 10:38 PM 3/26/2009, you wrote: > >I always replace tires in pairs. > > > >Thanks, > >Tom Hargrave > >www.kegkits.com > >256-656-1924 > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com > ] > >On Behalf Of andrew strasfogel > >Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 10:31 PM > >To: Mercedes Discussion List > >Subject: Re: [MBZ] 205 vs 195 size tires for 1983 W123 300TD wagon? > > > >But then I don't get to go shopping. :( > >The old tire blew out because i took a turn too tightly and hit the effing > >curb. > > > > > >On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 7:52 PM, Wilton Strickland > <wilt...@nc.rr.com>wrote: > > > > > Why did you have a blowout? Obvious physical damage to the tire or a > tire > > > defect? If it was physical damage causing the blowout, and you can > >"trust" > > > the remaining three not to blow for no obvious reason, and the spare is > an > > > equally good tire of the same size with good tread, continue to enjoy > >them. > > > > > > Wilton > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "andrew strasfogel" <astrasfo...@gmail.com> > > > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > > Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 4:09 PM > > > Subject: [MBZ] 205 vs 195 size tires for 1983 W123 300TD wagon? > > > > > > > > > > On my W123 1983 300TD station wagon, the PO mounted 205/70/14 all > season > > > BF > > > > Goodrich Momentum tires rather than the tires in the 195/70/14 size. > I > > > had > > > > a blowout on the RR tire, and mounted a different brand spare (same > size > > > but > > > > different tread pattern). BF Goodrich no longer manufactures the > > > Momentum. > > > > > > > > Naturally, I have several questions: > > > > > > > > 1) Does anyone have a spare BFG Momentum in this size that he or she > > > would > > > > be willing to part with? > > > > > > > > 2) If I can't find another Momentum, should I replace ALL FOUR tires > >with > > > > 195/70/14 tires? The 205s currently on the car have maybe 10 k miles > of > > > > life left on them, and are hard to find in any brand (they are rarely > in > > > > stock). > > > > > > > > 3) How risky is it to drive indefinitely on a car with one out of > four > > > tires > > > > having the same size but different tread? > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > > > > Andrew > > > > 1983 300TD 320K miles and a high mileage badge on order > > > > 1985 300 CD 218 k miles (hers) and four (correct) 205/70/14 tires > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > > > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > > > URL: > > > < > > > > > > http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090326/c1 > > > 7f1614/attachment.html> > > > > _______________________________________ > > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > >-------------- next part -------------- > >An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > >URL: > >< > http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090326/3 > 9 > >d4bdb0/attachment.html> > >_______________________________________ > >http://www.okiebenz.com > >For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > >To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > >To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > >No virus found in this incoming message. > >Checked by AVG. > >Version: 7.5.557 / Virus Database: 270.11.29/2023 - Release Date: > 3/25/2009 > >6:54 PM > > > > > >No virus found in this outgoing message. > >Checked by AVG. > >Version: 7.5.557 / Virus Database: 270.11.29/2023 - Release Date: > 3/25/2009 > >6:54 PM > > > > > > > >_______________________________________ > >http://www.okiebenz.com > >For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > >To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > >To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > Loren Faeth > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.557 / Virus Database: 270.11.29/2023 - Release Date: 3/25/2009 > 6:54 PM > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.557 / Virus Database: 270.11.29/2023 - Release Date: 3/25/2009 > 6:54 PM > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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